Grundriss Der Vergleichenden Grammatik Der Indogermanischen Sprachen Einleitung Und Lautlehre Von K Brugmann

Author : Karl Brugmann
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Total Pages : 590 pages
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Download or read book Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen written by Karl Brugmann and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karl Brugmann (1849-1919) was professor of comparative language sciences at Freiburg im Breisgau when he began publishing his monumental, multi-volume comparative grammar of the Indo-European languages, synthesising the first 70 years of research in a rapidly developing academic subject, and identifying areas for future investigation. Volume 1, on phonology, begins with an introduction to Indo-European philology and provides a bibliographic orientation which is itself a fascinating snapshot of the field. The main part of the book focuses in turn on each Proto-Indo-European sound and its reflexes in the earliest attested languages of each language family (Sanskrit, Avestan, Armenian, Greek, Italic, Germanic, Old Irish, Balto-Slavic). Comparisons are also made within families, for example between Gothic and Old English. Brugmann also discusses Ablaut and sound changes including elision, contraction and lengthening as well as intonation and stress.